Bahrain's crown prince to visit Israel in 'near future', says Bahrain foreign minister

Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa has accepted an invitation to visit Israel, the Gulf state's foreign minister said on Tuesday, adding the visit should happen in "the near future".

"Iranian nuclear file and terrorism" were part of the discussions between Bahrain and Israel, Abdullatif Al Zayani told reporters after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. 

Bennett met Bahrain's king and crown prince on a landmark visit Tuesday to the small, oil-rich Gulf country, 17 months after they normalised ties.

It was the latest diplomatic move since several Arab states under the US-brokered 2020 Abraham Accords normalised ties with Israel at the anger of Palestinians and much of the rest of the Arab world.

Bennett, the first Israeli head of government to visit Bahrain, discussed "deepening cooperation" in meetings with the defence and other ministers, his office said.